![]() ![]() ![]() The roughly hourlong set also included favorites like "Rock Problems," "Sequestered in Memphis," "Your Little Hoodrat Friend," and "You Can Make Him Like You," closing with "Slapped Actress."Īs darkness fell, the rain stopped. The absence of keyboardist Franz Nicolay, who left the band in 2010, was felt on songs like "Stuck Between Stations," "Chips Ahoy!" and "Southtown Girls " but the band filled out the sound with even more crushingly loud guitar. Brian Sella and Matt Uychich of The Front Bottoms watched the whole set from the side of the stage as Sella sang along with the rest of us. Several times he came to the edge of the stage, arms spread wide, and encouraged the crowd to sing along. Frontman Craig Finn gave us his usual frenetic moving and dancing as he preached the lyrics of each song to the crowd, stepping away from the mic from time to time to re-mouth the words while shaking his head, shrugging his shoulders, or smiling and laughing. The song's lyric "We're gonna build something this summer / We'll put it back together" wasn't lost on anyone, the crowd raising their arms and screaming in unison through the wind and rain. The Hold Steady opened with "Constructive Summer" from 2008's Stay Positive. At points during the set, it came down pretty hard, causing a delay when guitarist Tad Kubler's amp got soaked. Just as they took the stage at 7:15, though, it came back. The rain let up, even stopped, as we waited for The Hold Steady. Throughout their thirty-minute set, the folks up front with us pumped their fists and sang along. They play pop-punk influenced rock and roll and were a nice fit on the bill with The Gaslight Anthem. Philly's Luther currently record for The Bouncing Souls' Chunksaah Records. I convinced CoolMom to move close to the front with me so that we'd have a good view when The Hold Steady came out for their set. We arrived during opener Luther's set as a light rain fell. CoolMom put on her winter coat, and we headed out to kick off the summer. ![]() Not only had it been raining on and off, but it was also cold and windy. The sold out Stone Pony Summer Stage was a sea of people cheering the opening chords to every song and singing every lyric. From our position up front, and then even as we moved back through the crowd, I don't think that CoolMom and I came across another one. I'm what's known as a casual Gaslight Anthem fan. After last night, I think I may be a rare breed. ![]()
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